Ecclesiastes
Ecclesiastes 7:26
26And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared.
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| And I | אֲנִ֜י | ’ă·nî | Pronoun - first person common singular | H589 I |
| find | וּמוֹצֶ֨א | ū·mō·w·ṣe | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular | H4672 attain to, find |
| more bitter | מַ֣ר | mar | Adjective - masculine singular | H4751 bitter, bitterness |
| than death | מִמָּ֗וֶת | mim·mā·weṯ | Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular | H4194 death |
| the woman | הָֽאִשָּׁה֙ | hā·’iš·šāh | Article; Noun - feminine singular | H802 woman, wife, female |
| who | אֲשֶׁר־ | ’ă·šer- | Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| a snare | מְצוֹדִ֧ים | mə·ṣō·w·ḏîm | Noun - masculine plural | H4685 siege-works |
| whose heart | לִבָּ֖הּ | lib·bāh | Noun - masculine singular construct; third person feminine singular | H3820 inner man, mind, will, heart |
| a net | וַחֲרָמִ֛ים | wa·ḥă·rā·mîm | Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural | H2764 devoted thing |
| and whose hands | יָדֶ֑יהָ | yā·ḏe·hā | Noun - feminine dual construct; third person feminine singular | H3027 hand |
| chains | אֲסוּרִ֣ים | ’ă·sū·rîm | Noun - masculine plural | H612 tie, bind, imprison |
| The man who pleases | ט֞וֹב | ṭō·wḇ | Adjective - masculine singular | H2896 pleasant, agreeable, good |
| God | הָאֱלֹהִים֙ | hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm | Article; Noun - masculine plural | H430 God |
| escapes | יִמָּלֵ֣ט | yim·mā·lêṭ | Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | H4422 slip away |
| her | מִמֶּ֔נָּה | mim·men·nāh | Preposition; third person feminine singular | H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not |
| but the sinner | וְחוֹטֵ֖א | wə·ḥō·w·ṭê | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular | H2398 miss |
| is ensnared | יִלָּ֥כֶד | yil·lā·ḵeḏ | Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | H3920 capture, seize, take (by lot) |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Proverbs 22:14 · Proverbs 5:3–5 · Proverbs 2:16 · Proverbs 2:18–19 · Ecclesiastes 2:26 · Proverbs 23:27–28 · Proverbs 7:21–27 · Judges 16:18–21 · Proverbs 9:18
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.